CVE-2017-0379
Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.
02 Description
Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-29 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 13:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6e6644cfc917671f2c7d7afa5bd8111b4057a11590611b77799c1f60942cfe74
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com100503http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- www.securitytracker.com1041294http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294
- www.debian.orgDSA-3959https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html
- git.gnupg.orghttps://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b
- eprint.iacr.orghttps://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/873383
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lib32-libgcrypt Fixed in 1.8.1-1
- libgcrypt Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.7.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.7.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.7.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.